Research links voting to desire for social standing, discomfort with lying
What motivates people to vote? Is it a matter of doing the morally right thing, a reflection of the desire to make a difference, or a quiet statement about standing up and being counted? Does it boil...
View ArticleResearcher discusses likelihood of cyberattacks on the 2016 election
It's clear that cybersecurity plays an increasingly important role in our daily lives. Need proof?
View ArticlePeople can tell if they are voting on a secure system, study finds
"Rigged" election rhetoric in the headlines aims to cast doubt about the security of the American voting system; however, people have a sense of whether a voting system is secure, according to new...
View ArticleUsing science to understand how ballot design impacts voter behavior
Concern over the security of the voting process has been a recurring issue in the run up to the US presidential election. Will every vote be registered accurately? Are voting systems vulnerable to...
View ArticleAlgorithm has the word on U.S. election
A University of Queensland computer scientist who harvests social media to accurately predict election results says he can confidently call next week's United States election.
View ArticleAmerica's aging voting machines managed to survive another election
During this year's voting, the vast majority of states used outdated voting machines perilously close to the end of their projected lifespan. Back in April, we warned that 42 states use machines that...
View ArticleGoogle highlighting inaccurate story about election results
Google's search engine is highlighting an inaccurate story claiming that President-elect Donald Trump won the popular vote in last week's election, the latest example of bogus information spread by the...
View ArticleWait times at polls in 2016 election improved in several key states, new...
While many voters reported long lines at polling locations around the country during the 2012 presidential election, this year the overall amount of time people had to wait to vote improved...
View ArticleGiving investors a say on CEO pay limits excesses
As of Wednesday 4th January, the average FTSE100 CEO had made more money in 2017 than the average British worker will earn all year according to The High Pay Centre, a think tank. Ever since the...
View ArticleYour (social media) votes matter
When Tim Weninger conducted two large-scale experiments on Reddit - otherwise known as "the front page of the internet" - back in 2014, the goal was to better understand the ripple effects of malicious...
View ArticleParticles from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on personal electronics
You may not realize it but alien subatomic particles raining down from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on your smartphones, computers and other personal electronic devices.
View ArticleA new game theory algorithm could one day help detect election tampering
America's president isn't the only one considering the possibility of rigged elections.
View ArticleUS regulators aim to keep the ban on in-flight phone calls
Federal regulators aim to maintain the ban on in-flight cellular calls.
View ArticleTwitter could have predicted the outcome of the Brexit vote
Leave campaigners were not only victorious in the June 2016 Brexit vote but also in the battle of the twittersphere, a new study in the British Journal of Politics and International Relations reports.
View ArticleResearchers develop mathematical method for defining electoral districts
For democratic elections to be fair, voting districts must have similar sizes. When populations shift, districts need to be redistributed - a complex and, in many countries, controversial task when...
View ArticleGerman parties salvage vote on social media hate posts bill
Germany's governing parties have cleared the way for parliament to vote on legislation designed to get illegal content such as hate speech or defamatory fake news removed quickly from social networking...
View ArticleAmericans more likely to vote in times of uncertainty
During times of economic and political uncertainty, Americans are more likely to vote, according to a new book by two Rice University political scientists. The researchers also found that when there's...
View ArticleThe UN actually does prevent war, according to study of General Assembly votes
The United Nations has been effective at suppressing conflict throughout its history, according to an analysis of more than 65 years of voting records conducted by Dartmouth College and The Ohio State...
View ArticleWisconsin Assembly committee to vote on Foxconn incentives
The Wisconsin state Assembly planned a committee vote Monday on a $3 billion tax incentive package for Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, the start of what could be an intense month of legislative...
View ArticleVoter behavior influenced by hot weather
Political rebellions and riots have been associated with warmer weather, but until now, there has been little research on its potential influence on peaceful and democratic political behavior. A new...
View ArticleTech companies unlikely to follow S&P's new Snap-inspired rules
When the company that produces the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index announced this month that it would exclude the corporate parent of Snapchat from its benchmark market measure, the move was...
View ArticleProfessors get $300,000 grant for digital fake-news detector
Two Penn State professors have received $300,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that will enable digital devices to weed out fake news.
View ArticleKenya shows pitfalls of digital elections
Allegations of computer hacking in Kenya's August 8 election have reignited a debate around the use of digital technology in national votes, with experts wondering whether sticking to paper may be best.
View ArticleKey California farm district rejects governor's tunnels plan
A group of powerful California farmers pulled their support Tuesday from a pair of massive, $16 billion tunnels that would have re-engineered the state's water system in a decisive move that dealt a...
View ArticleAre you happy you voted—or didn't?
After people vote, do they think they made the right choice? When they abstain, do they regret not voting?
View ArticlePublic health factors may have affected 2016 US presidential election results
A study led by a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigator - in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Political Science - has identified community health as...
View ArticleHacking the election: security flaws need fixing, researchers say
Hackers could have easily infiltrated US voting machines in 2016 and are likely to try again in light of vulnerabilities in electronic polling systems, a group of researchers said Tuesday.
View ArticleScientist calls on public to help 'unlock' genes of threatened bat species
A University of Southampton scientist is calling on the public's help in her bid to unlock the genetic secrets of an endangered bat species.
View ArticleXenophobia strongly linked to Brexit, regardless of voter age, gender or...
As concerns increase about Russian influence on the UK's Brexit referendum, new research provides evidence that British citizens who agreed that immigrants threaten their values and way of life were...
View ArticleFacebook: Russia spent 97 cents meddling in Brexit vote
Facebook's investigation into whether Russia tried to influence Britain's vote to leave the European Union yielded just three suspicious ads viewed no more than 200 times over four days, the social...
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